[geeks] Simple web server?

[Anthony Ortenzi]

The large number of errors I've seen with nginx are almost exclusively 503
gateway proxy errors, since it's often used as a load-balancing reverse
proxy to apps using Rails or Node.js which use a multi-process model with
each instance listening on different ports (or UNIX domain sockets).  I use
nginx heavily as a caching reverse proxy and it JustWorks(tm) fairly
simply, and has a very low memory footprint with a high number of
concurrent connections, making it cohabitate well on the same server as a
Rails or Java webapp.

I've had zero problems with it for static content or simple proxying, but
it can get non-intuitive to configure for things off the beaten path.

Anthony


On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:15 PM, b4 <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:

> On 2013-03-28 12:06, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> Isn't it possible the issue is as likely to be the administrator as the
>> software?
>>
>
> That's what I was thinking.  I know that applies to NT 4. ;)  Everyone
> always tells me that NT 4 would constantly crash and break!  It only would
> if you had an incompetent NT 4 admin. :) (This only applies to NT 4)
>
>
>
>> I would contend that someone that chooses to go down the
>> less-well-travelled
>> road (nginix) has far less support resources available to them than
>> someone
>> that goes with 'Old Reliable' Apache.
>>
>
> When I tried to configure nginx as a proxy...I had difficulty finding
> particularly useful documentation aside from official manuals and whatnot.
>  But it's still much much lighter.
>
>
>
>> Also, consider the motivations of someone that chooses nginix - either
>> they
>> are looking for a web server to run on a system with limited resources OR
>> they
>> anticipate heavy user volume. There is a third possible motivation -
>> attempting to find an easier to administer web server than Apache due to
>> inexperience administering web servers.
>>
>
> Apache's configuration files are....absurdly well documented though. ;) I
> spent a lot of time removing all the comments once...
>
>
>
>> Lionel
>>
>> On Mar 28, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  On 03/28/13 10:47, Andrew Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> nginx is simpler than apache, but only just.  It's a schoolbus versus a
>>>> semi tractor.
>>>>
>>>
>>> And honestly, I see *far* more "Oops, nginx barfed" messages from web
>>> sites than "Oops, Apache barfed" messages.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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